Cressida auto to manual swap

My friend got his MX82 Cressida manual swapped at Nightrun Garage in Ashland, VA. It was a perfect swap, and it felt great. He did end up autocrossing it.  · Because the Cressida is already rear-wheel-drive (It shares many components with the early Supras, in fact) the LS1 swap was actually pretty simple. Jones says, “Believe or not I didn’t have to cut up the car at all to fit the engine and trans; I only had to modify the transmission tunnel a little bit to accept the 4L60E bell housing. I think the swap for this car is a bit different from the x83, because the x83 never came with a manual option and the x73 had a small, small amount of factory manual cars. However, most did not opt for the manual because it was the 80's and the Cressida was a "luxury" car.

the manual ECU is not required. Just pull apart the gauge cluster and remove the ABS (if you have it) and transmission lights. you'll have to jerry rig the neutral start switch for both starting and cruise control. LHD conversion is actually pretty easy. it's been covered several times more recently than this thread too. To swap either over to an auto trans 7M, you will need the corresponding flywheel, clutch, pressure plate, and clutch actuation parts (clutch fork, slave cyl, etc) and driveshaft for that gearbox, as the clutch/flywheel configuration and driveshaft output shaft for the W58 and R are different and cannot be interchanged. M. My friend got his MX82 Cressida manual swapped at Nightrun Garage in Ashland, VA. It was a perfect swap, and it felt great. He did end up autocrossing it.

A lot of you were asking how I swapped my transmission so I decided to make a short video on what you would need to manual swap your MX83! Nov 4, - This Pin was discovered by Yas Marketing. Discover (and save!) your own Pins on Pinterest. Has the w58 manual swap. Has a one-piece driveshaft. Has the big brakes from the nissan zx whatever. Has an adjustable suspension (for.